Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners does not go that route. It opens with a shot of a snowy forest, where a deer quietly noses around for food. Into the frame comes the barrel of a shotgun.
Just so, semantic theories and foundational theories of meaning are, pretty clearly, different sorts of theories. The term âtheory of meaningâ has, in the recent history of philosophy, been used to stand for both semantic theories and foundational theories of meaning.
Definition of theory. plural. theories. 1 : the analysis of a set of facts in their relation to one another. 2 : abstract thought : speculation. 3 : the general or abstract principles of a body of fact, a science, or an art music theory.